Dylan Larkin #71 of the Detroit Red Wings celebrates his third period goal with teammates while playing the Toronto Maple Leafs at Little Caesars Arena on February 01, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 3-2 in overtime. Gregory Shamus, Getty Images

Dylan Larkin #71 of the Detroit Red Wings celebrates his third period goal with Niklas Kronwall #55 while playing the Toronto Maple Leafs at Little Caesars Arena on February 01, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 3-2 in overtime. Gregory Shamus, Getty Images

Auston Matthews #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs dives for the puck past Nick Jensen #3 of the Detroit Red Wings during the third period at Little Caesars Arena on February 01, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 3-2 in overtime. Gregory Shamus, Getty Images

Mitchell Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs tries to get a shot off between Jimmy Howard #35 and Mike Green #25 of the Detroit Red Wings during the third period at Little Caesars Arena on February 01, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 3-2 in overtime. Gregory Shamus, Getty Images

Gustav Nyquist scored his 12th goal of the season, briefly giving the Wings a lead. Their penalty kill came through five times against the ninth-ranked power play in the NHL. Their power play was quiet through the first three attempts but Larkin connected on Thomas Vanek’s sneaky pass on the fourth, banking the puck in off Frederik Andersen. Patrick Marleau answered by redirected Auston Matthew’s shot out of midair.

Strong start

The Wings had another strong start, playing a fast, physical game and generating shots on Andersen. They had four shots on net when they went on a power play at 10:58 after Dylan Larkin drew a penalty on Mitch Marner. Andersen made four saves during that stretch, including on a slap shot from Anthony Mantha and a redirect attempt by Thomas Vanek. When the time came for the Wings to play shorthanded, they held the Leafs to one shot on Jimmy Howard. Howard came through with a big stop in Marner’s snap shot from the right circle during a Leafs power play late in the first period that left the shots 10-5 to Detroit after 20 minutes.

Nyquist nets another

Neither side had much success getting pucks through as the second period got underway. The Wings didn’t look sharp on their second power play, but were good on a third penalty kill, limiting the Leafs to one shot on net. It took a shift of creating chaos around Toronto’s net to score — Andersen couldn’t recover from making a stop on Andreas Athanasiou in time to deny Gustav Nyquist’s shot from the right side, putting the Wings up a goal at 8:14.

No breathing room

The game bore similarities to the Wings’ outing at Calgary and Vancouver, where they played well through 40 minutes but couldn’t score build a cushy lead. The Wings had 17 shots on net through two periods Friday, wigh some Grade-A chances, but had only Nyquist’s goal to show for it. That lead was negated with 1:49 to go in the second period, when Auston Matthews netted his 22nd goal of the season by firing a shot over Howard’s right shoulder.